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Life in q Haystack.

In the last ten miles of my walk, says
q correspondent in letter from Italy,
had noticed what seemed very ancient
and wcatherbeaten haystacks, and OBJ
serving no farms or houses in the neigh
borhood, had wondered how they hap
pened in that uninhabited region. This
Question was soon solved. AS pro-
gressed with my shaggy friend, we at
length came in sight of one of these hay
stacks more dried and ancient looking, if
possible, than any that l had yet seen.
And from the top and sides of this hay
stack I was astonished to perceive slight
smoke arising. My first idea was, of
course, that the hay was on fire, and
during the few moments that were al
lowed me I indulged in a wonderful
amount of speculation as to how the rays
of the sun, at temperature of ninety
degrees, could ignite even so infamable
material as dried hay; all of which
speculation was knocked in the head,
however, by the simple discovery that the
haystack was not q haystack; that, on
the contrary, it was the residence of the
Roman shepherd.
As 1 followed the proprietor through
the small aperture in the side that served
as door l could scarcely realize that l
was in Italy. When in the Indian
country year or two ago saw no
more strange or primeval sight than this:
The fireplace was hole in the ground
in the middle of the apartment; straw
bed was on one side, and the furniture
consisted of one threc-legged stool,
which my host offered me, with what l
thought unusual courtesy.
The shepherds story was short. but /
thought pathetic. He had been brought
from Rome when boy, had first attended
to small drove of hogs, then was pro-
noted to herd sheep, and when arrived
at mans estate was given this hut to
sleep in and this ranch to protect. His
salary is seven cents day, out of which
he must clothe and feed himself.
'Many of the shepherds of the Cam
pagna," he said, ''get only two cents a
day, but then they get their clothes and
/ food"
GLOW much does your food cost you2'
'About five cents day, sometimes
six, but not often. must save at least
two cents a day for shoes and hats. On
SUNDAYS always wear shoes and hat'
Poor chap! That was his little dissi-
pation--his little extravaganza, shoes
and hat on Sunday! His supper that
night land mine, too,) consisted of black
bread sopped in oil, and 1 imagine, on a
salary of seven cents day, that this bill
of fare is not often changed. I ques-
toned different shepherds at different
points along the road, ten, fifteen, twen-
ty miles, one from the other, and their
different stories all agreed.
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But REFLECT seems to be the great

sheep But reglect seems to be the great
drawback to the farmer rs wool grow
er; and because sheep fail to give re-
turns under such treatment they arc pro-
uounced unworthy. A few extra dollars
placed in good buck will bc returncl
greatly multiplied in the enhanced value
of the lambs. No man can afford to dis
regard the quality of the buck he uses.
Ny experience with sheep has taught me
that they are profitable; where farmers
size their flocks according to their farms
and facilities for caring for them they
cannot fail to reap reasonable rewards.
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Useful Hints.

Bread should not be exposed to tht
air.
A rice pudding is good without egg
if baked gently.
When peeling onions hold them with'
fork and thus save your hands from the
disagreeable odor.
Starched shirts will iron easier if they
are allowed to dry after starching, so
that they require sprinkling before iron
ing.
Ingram carpets need to be shaken
oftener than Brussels, as from their more
open weave the dust percolates through
them.
An easy method of cleaning lamp
chimneys is by holding them over the
steam of kettle, then rubbing them
with a soft cloth, and finally polishing
them with paper.
A very easy way to test the purity OF
water is to put some loaf-sugar in it and
cork tight in a bottle. If this bottle,
kept in a warm room, becomes turbld IN
a few days, the water is impure.
Milk requires to be kept in as cool a
place as possible, and is better stood on
Stone shelves than on wooden. The use
of little carbonate of soda prevents its
turning sour, and if too much is not used
has no injurious effect on the milk.
Lemons can be kept fresh for months
by putting them into clean, tight Jar
or cask, and covering them with cold
water. Keep in cool place, out of reach
of sunlight, and change the water often,
not less than every third day; every
second day is better.
Fresh meats and game should always
be kept in dry, cool place; but not in
the place where milk and butter are
kept; the latter, being rapid absorbents,
will soon be injured in flavor if allowed
to remain in the same small enclosure
with meat or vegetables.
10 Remove Uld Talnt-Wet the place
with naphtha. repeating as often as Is
required, but frequently one application
will dissolve the paint. As soon as it is
softened, rub the surface clean. Chloro-
form, mixed with small quantity of
spirit ammonia, has been very success
fully employed in removing the stains Of
dry paint from wood, silk and other
substances.
Old Sheets Made New-The housewife
who is on the look out for little ways in
which to economize, will find il, to her
advantage, if she has seamless sheets
which have been used for years, to tear
OF cut them in two in the center and sew
the outside edges together; lap them and
stitch with a machine, or they may be
sewed over and over. Hem the raw
edges. Sheets trimmed in this way will
last for long time.
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The treatment of many Thousands OF cases
al ailments s peculiar to females' at the fnysIids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y,
has afforded vast experience in nicely adapt
ing and thoroughly testing remedies for the
'q6s Dr. Of
is the outgrowth, or result, Of this great and
valuable experience. Thousands OF testimo-
mails received from patients an ana ra Ir0m pnys
waited and obstinate cases which had banned
their skill, prove it to be the most wonderful
remedy ever devised for the relief and cure OF
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woman's peculiar ailments.
It imparts strength to the whole system,
and to the Up ESmo and Its
dressmakers. seamstresses, "ehop- p-alrls," house
keepers, nursing mothers: and feeble L.,a9en women
Is the greatest earthly boon, being unequaled
as an appetizing cordial and restorative tonic.
As soothing and strengthening
nervine, "Favorite Prescription" Is une-
DUNG nervous cxcita bility, irritablity, ex-:
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sleep and relieves mental anxiety and de-
Or. Pferce,s Fav orite Prescription
s SV at and ssa
physician, and adapted to womans, delicate
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doses, will prove very beneficial.
"Favorite Prescription" Is posi-.
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stinate cases Of leucorrhea, excessive flowing,
painful menstruation, unnatural suppressons,
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a aos Il @ c s4a Of q change 1an
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period, known as " The Change Of Life"
"Favorite Prescrittions" when taken
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doses of DR.. Pierces Purgative Pellets Little
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scrofulous humors from the system.
"Favorite Prescription on - is the only
medicine for women, sold by druggists, under
q positive guarantee, from the manu-
facturers, that It will give satisfaction in every
case, or money will be refunded. This guaran-
tee has been printed on the bottle-wrapper,
and faithfully carried out for many years.
Large bottles lOO doses $1.00, or six
bottles for $500.
For large. illustrated Treatise on Diseases Of
Women (160 pages, paper-coveredl, send ten
cents In stamps. Address,
Worlds Dispsnsay Medical Association,
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ting a mouthtul of salt at once, and more
thew relish this mixture very much,

they relish this mixture very mucn.
Mr.. Henry Stewart, the well-known
writer upon stock feeding and kindred
subjects, says in the Dairy World that
he thinks there is no good reason why a
farmer should not combine the dairy and
beef rearing together. The cows must
he kept to rear the calves. Then why
not keep good native cows, such as can
bc made to produce two hundred pounds
OF butter yearly, at the least, and cross
them with good Shorthorn bull OF
milking family "a Princess bull Tor
instance), and rear the heifer calves for
beef, feeding them with the warmed
skim milk, and liberal ration of bran
and corn meal, and pushing them on to
get them to eight hundred pounds at a
year old and 1900 at two and one-hali
years, and turning them off at good
nrotit
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The Lion and the Lamb.

Moxie and the rumsellers are friends at last
1t was thought it would injure their trade
Now they are making most money on 1t ana &c
Thank God that it bids highest on the liquor
dealers pocket.
The American people have grown to be the
most nervous and intellectual in the world; II
is quite lucky that the Moxie Nerve Food has
come along to sustain both. 1t bids fair to be
the mainstay Of the over-worked and over.
stimulated, as well as to be able to rectlfy the
effects Of dissipation. Druggists sell 1t.
THE city of Paris is shown by OFFICIAL stats
tics to have consumed last year 4,OO0,Oo eggs
It also drank s7,5eO,0O gallons of wine, jill
GOO gallons of spirits and liquors, and some.
thing over 100000 gallons Of cider and OF
beer, or 100000 and over Of each.
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A Snd Cn.e of Poisoning

Is that of man or woman afflicted with dis
ease or arrangement of the liver, resulting. in
poisonous accunulaticns in the blood, scrofu:
fous affections, sick headaches. and diseases OF
The kidneys. lungs or heart. These troubles can
be cured only by going to the primary cause
and putting the liver in henlthy condition. To
accomplish this result speedily and effectually
nothing has proved itself so efficacious as Dr.
Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" which
has never failed to do the work claimed for 1t,
on6 naypr will
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There arc nearly 5000, 900 bushels of
faxseed annually grown in the State of
Iowa, and the oilcake is very largely ex-
ported. If it pays our English feeders to
have oilcakc shipped from Iowa to Eng
land to feed to their stock, perhaps we
do not fully appreciate its value as a
food.
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What can be more disagreeable,, more dis
gushing, than to sit in room with q person
coughing and clearing his or her throat of the
mucus which dropsinto it? Such persons are
always to be pitied II they tn, to cure them
selves and fail. But II they get DR.. Sages Co.
farrh Remedy there need be no failure.
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Rupture radically cured, also pile
tumors and fistulR Pamphlet Of particulars
10 cents in stamps. Worlds Dispensary Medi-
col AsSnciatinn. Buffalo. n. y.
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THINGS are brisking up at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard, where a 6O0O-ton battle-ship is to
bo hI,i1
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PHILADELPHIA claims to have many English
walnut trees Gentry old.
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Relief is immediate, and a cure sure. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. 5Oc.
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ROYAL GLUE mends anythingl Broken Chi.
ma. Glass, Wood. Free Walls at Drugs g. Gro
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THE electric light is now used on some of the
London omnibus lines.
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663 Main St, BUFFALO, N. !
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pnrF BY return mail. Full Description
n REE Cutting. MOODY & CO., Cincinnati.
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HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL College. Cleveland,
III o. Session OF 1885, begins Sept g For catalogue
,JJrocs William T. Miller. VI. D.. GGi Superior Street.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-21
TIKI y. &. q. DEAL.
Another story About what Ives and
staynOr arc Doing.
M telegraph 10 the DIspat.h.

tBy telegraph 20 the DISPATCH
CINCINNATI, June 20.-Thc CommerciJi-
GOzCftc to-day prints a three-c0lumn Spe.
cial from New York. purpOriing to give
Che inside history OF the Baltimore ana
Ohio deal with Ives, StaynOr 4 co. The
main point OF the story is that ives and
st9ynOr made a contract with Garrett, 10y
which they were TO get controlling IN
tercst in the Baltimore and ohio for
about S20O00.O0C that they have paid
Garrett $4,000 in cash, 100000 In
certified check, and 1850 shares OF
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton preferred
stock. aud that they have promised 10 make
good the balance Of an overdue payment of
$500, 900 and take M the Cincinnati, Ham
iiion and DAYTON preferred stock out OF pro-
cccGs arising from their acquisition and
cons olidatiOn OF narro~-gluSe roads IN
Ohio aud Indiana. The iinal outcome l. TO
bea c0utnuou, road from The Baltimore and
Ohio to II. Louis, using the Baltimore ana
Ohio 10 Petersburg, the narrow gauges
changed 10 standard gauge from Parkers-
burg 10 Indianapolis. and the Nandalia
tbucc to u. Louis. The special goes on
% .4v That IL Is proposed at meeting 10 be
held here tomorrow 20 authorize the Gin
cispatI. Hamilton aud DAYTON directory TO
divert from H. original purpose the pro-
coed, Of preferred stock authorized IN sep
tomher h,t for rcdccming bonds aud guar
.nie,d stocks. 50 th4t these proceed, may
be- used for the general purposes OF the
company.
The Commerciai G9zctte SAYS, editOrially:
..f they uhe new owners Of the Chem
natl, Hamilton and Dayton) are able to
Gather in The Baltimore and OHIO, and en-
pov that a. they have the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton and DAYTON, the country will have
The benefit Of about a. aud1ciOu, job OF
adventurous finauciering a, has ever been
an dertakcn. There Is this peculiarly that
modifrs the matter to considerable
extent nearly the whole OF tAe
stock Il the Cincinnati. Hamilton and
DAYTON Is held 10y the parties who
are cuyagcd in the manipulaiions. Whether
the few small stockholders left will take
apv interest in the action tomorrow re-
main, 10 te seen" The meeting to.mor.
row i, to take action on the matter a. stated
above. ana also to vote upon the con,irLc-
tion or lease ~ a branch line from Htmil-
ton 10 Niddlctown. and upon gll1ranlecing
u.c stock Of the United railways Terminal
Col.pauy OF Cincinnati.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-21
kERSrIAw & 60.
Hill ofCompIaint FILED by Creditors
anu Receiver Appointed.

lhy telegraph to the Dsspa,cn.l
-, CHICAGO, June 20.-Chartcs j. KerShsw
nhd Bill IN tie Superior Court this morn.
ing 'Gainst bis partners, DcWar and Egglc.
Sl"h' The bill asks 10 have the partnership
dlSSoNed, and an accounting order was
Etan,cd and receiver appointed. The
Court appointed Poricus Z. II. Weave re-
cover, and that gentleman flied a $4,000
bond.
Cmc4Go, June 2O-Joscph f. Hill and
AGOiph Flclzheim, Of Milwaukee, flied
bill OF complaint against g. j. Kcrsaaw 81
Co. ~ The United States District Court to-
day. J he suit j. brought In behalf OF all
Tie creditor, Of the limited partnership OF
hcishaw a Co. who NAV elect to cone in
under This bill and become parties TO the
suit. The bill alleges that Kershew &
Co. contracted TO deliver large guam
tilcs OF wheat IN May. June, and
July, 1887, and incurred pccuniary
obligations TO the sum OF $1,000
eco; that lis capital stock. property,
assets, and effects were much les. in value
than The amount of lis debts and liabilities,
and wholly insufficient 10 Pay The same IT,
fun, on pay more than about thirty cents on
the dollar, and that the firm for several
days PRIOR thereto bad great difficulty in
paving H. debts, and that the insolvency
was then known TO the membeIs OF the
firm. The bill further SAYS that the petit
tionCrs have had large transactions with the
firm, aud that on June 10th the cO-pariner.
ship WAS indebted TO them in the sum OF
sl30,CC0. 1t is charged that Kershaw &
Co. Urlawiullv paid the American Ex-
change Sank about 100000; Irwin, Green
& CO. 100000; Charles Il. EgglestOn.
unfntuI
Irwin 100000. and Alexander l.. De
War 100000 The petitioners ask that
receiver ne appointed. They also
charge that Kershaw d Co. have
I'm their possession grain and assets 10 the
amount Of 100000, and say that unless a
receiver j. at once appointed the property
l. liable 10 be ScIzed. The bill also says
that thesum Of $500, 900 Is due the Ameri-
can Exchange National Bank and Irwin,
Green * Co., which i liable to be gar
hishecd; that certain debtors deposited III
the American Exchange National BIn6
about June 10Th 100000. and that Of that
amount tie bank has between 100000 and
SS0O,00) in its vault. The bill also asks
that kcrshaw Il Co., the American EX-
change National Bank. ID. W. IRWIN, and a.
!. DcicVgu, their attorneys or agents. he en-
joined from paving to any person or per-
sons sny money that may come into It's
possession.
when the announcement was made that
arcc,iver had been oppointcd for G. j. ker-
shaw q Co. the meeting Of creditors
which WAS - have taken place this after
noon vas immediately declared of. The
cre ditoI> Will meet to hear III report Of
the receiver a> SOOu a. he can arrive az some
conclusion a. to the assets and liabilities OF
the bankrupt firm. This may take a week.
There has never been failure on the
Board Of Trade 30 full Of complications as
this.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-21
NORFOLK NEWS.
Accident 10 the Captain Of an ola
Dominion Steamer.

Correspondence of the Richmond Dlspatchl
NORFOLK. June -. 1SS7,
Captain 4. VI. Southglte, commanding
the Old Dominion line steamer PamlicO,
while bis vessel was coming in from North
Carolina Yesterday fell from the hurricane
deck to the main deck Of the steamer, and
was very severely injured. One arm was
broken. his shoulder was dislOclted. and
be was hurt internally. On the arrival Of
the steamer here last night surgical assist
ance was rendered, after which the injured
man was placed on stretcher and con-
veyed to his residence. Captain Soutngate
is one Of the most popular steamboat cap
tains Of the port, and sympathy is wide
spread.
The city was filed yesterday with eXcur-
sionist, from Richmond and along the New
p0rt.Ncws and Mi,Si.sippi-Na railroad,
the most OF whom spent the day at Virginia
Beach and Ocean View.
Rolling stock is arriving for the Atlantic
and pauyillc railroad. The company h1>
secured right Of way through SOuthamp'
ton county from the Biackwater RIVER to
the Grccusville county line.
Commander George &. Reitcr, United
states navy, reported this morning Tor
duty at the nayy.yard.
Mis- Mary Read Goodalc. OF Louisiana.
the national organizer OF the WOmln's
Christian Temperance Union. is in the city
lcclurir9.
The Gi-ablod steamer Essex has been
lowed 10 Baltimore Tor rep,irS.
Nrs. William ATrowSmilh, who live, IN
the NeWtoNn section OF Portsmouth, va,
attacked by q vicious bull on her premises
this morning aud 30 gored and stamped
upon 10y the enr1ged brute that it Is
thought her injuries will result fatally.
Last winter the husband Of the unfortu-
nate lady. Mr.. William Arowsmith, wa
eorad and Killed by The sane animal.
The mercury i % here today. G..
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Hon. Gcorae d. wise and the Flags.

4 Boston special to the New York Sun
.lys: At dinner gwen to the visiting
Confederate Veteran, Of Robert L. Lee
Camp this evening the Hon. George ID.
Wise, Of Richmond, made the following
allu,ion to The batlle.ilag excitement:
"lhc first act II Charles Sumner after
the war wa, to offer resolution, speaking
as a Massachusetts, man and looking to FRA
termination. that the names OF battles won
over our own citizens should be removed
from the rcgimentll colOr> OF the army and
from the army register. | do not allude TO
/, with a purpose to give any opinion
whether il was well or not that such 4
resolution should have passed, but only
TO show that one OF Massachusetts most
gifted sons knew and understood the value
Of determination. | want 10 say to my
friend. Of the Grand Army OF the Repub-
lie that il makes no difference to us whe-
tar YOU remove them or not. We, the men
VITO fought on the other side, don't want
va 10 forget your dead. No, nation
Should never forget her heroic dead. Ii
mistake not the temper OF those with whom
| have b en- associated in the last few days
YOU dou't want Us to forget our dead"
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Attachments Obtained.
IRy telegraph to the Dlspalch.l

DV
NEW YORK, June 20.-rhe Bank OF h0h.
trcal has obtained from Judge Don0hue, OF
the Supreme Court, an attachment III tnis
state against the Fidelity National Bank OF
Cincinnati, o. 1t was procured in SUIT
instituted to recover 100000, the value oil
two checks Of 100000 each, drawn by the
Fidelity Bank at Cincinnati June l4ih, paIa-
ble 10 the order OF J. ". Wiltshire al the
Chemical National Bank IN this city, and
endorsed by the psyee, j. w. Hoyt, and
Irwin, Green & Co; OF Chicago. and pro-
tested by the Chemical Bank. The SUI Is
all echo from the Chicago wheat smash.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-21
Personals md Rriefs,

The Capitol elevator was out OF order
yesterday. 1t is often so.
Miss Maggie Reading, OF No. east
Grace street, has returned from visit to
81. Louis.
Mr.. Tom Hughes, Of Prince Edward, is
visiting irierdS in the city en- route for Nor
folk, " here he goes on business.
Mrs. James W. Green. OF Culpeper, Va,
Is stopping nj Mrs. Nash's. Gl9 Main street,
where she will remain until Thursday.
Mr. Bcnjlmin K. LipScomb is Stopping
at the Fiflh-Avenuc Hotel, New York, and
from there will make trip to Brighton
Beach.
Mrs. Catherine Hackett, residing on
Nicholson street, died very suddenly yes
terday of beart disease. the Coroner, who
viewed the body, suppOsCs.
Mr.. w. w. Baker. Of Chesterfield, for
merly member OF the House OF Delegates.
and nov much talk, d OF IN connection
with the senatorship from that district.
was IN the city yesterday.
Miss Mary Grmaldl was awarded three
premiums IN as many classes at the Virginia
Blind Asylum at the session just closed.
She is a remarkably bright young lady, aud
notwithstanding her blindne,S-the result
Of an accident several years agO-is re-
markablV proficient, especially in vocal and
instrumental music. She has returned 10
Richmond, and resides at No. III south
Fourth street.